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byflow

byflow noun: that which flows by, near, or around; an ancillary or secondary flow.

Noun

byflow (countable and uncountable, plural byflows)

  1. That which flows by, near, or around; an ancillary or secondary flow.
    • Runoff measurements tended to be slightly inaccurate due to underflow or byflow of small but rapid streams flowing in solid or pebbly mountainous channels.1966, Sedimentation - Issue 2, page 2
    • The internal overflow steel dam should be used for this purpose to allow byflow. With a closed-type riser it should be possible to couple the suction pipe to the hydrant and, of course, no byflow arrangement is required.1966, Josef D. Zimmerman, Irrigation, page 326

Forms of byflow

pluralbyflows
alternative formby-flow

Origin of byflow

From by- + flow.

Questions about byflow

What does byflow mean?
Byflow means that which flows by, near, or around; an ancillary or secondary flow.
What part of speech is byflow?
Byflow is a noun.
What is the plural of byflow?
The plural of byflow is byflows.

Words near byflow in the dictionary

  1. byfellow
  2. byfellows
  3. Byfield
  4. Byfields
  5. Byfleet
  6. byflow
  7. byflows
  8. Byford
  9. Byfords
  10. byform
  11. byforms

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